Report: Western pressure halted Fayyad resignation

Published on April 12, 2013

The United States and Europe are pushing to tamp down an internal Palestinian power struggle, Palestinian sources say.

Palestinian Authority blames Gaza for deficit mess

Published on April 11, 2012

Paying for the upkeep of the Gaza Strip while its political rival actively blocks revenues flowing back is taking its toll on the deficit-racked Palestinian Authority.

Netanyahu, Fayyad to meet later this month

Published on April 4, 2012

The Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers will meet later this month, officials said on Wednesday, but the rare talks may only sharpen differences that have brought peace negotiations to a standstill.

Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government

Published on February 6, 2012

The leaders of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a deal in Qatar on Monday to form a unity government of independent technocrats for the West Bank and Gaza, headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Prime Minister Fayyad: ‘Unity and Non-violence’ requisites for statehood

Published on November 29, 2011

With skepticism rife over a Fatah-Hamas rapprochement and the Hamas demand to replace him, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, the man credited with energizing the movement toward statehood and the man Western governments want holding the PA’s purse strings, discusses the pending issues with Friedson Friedson, President and CEO of The Media Line news agency, at his Ramallah office. Below is the first of two sessions between Prime Minister Fayyad and Ms. Friedson.

Fatah, Hamas agree to establish caretaker government without Palestinian PM Fayyad

Published on November 15, 2011

Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed to hold elections next May and are due to establish a caretaker government in the coming weeks which will exclude Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, Palestinian sources said Tuesday.

Israel cuts tax payments to Palestinian Authority

Published on November 4, 2011

Israel has suspended $100 million in tax payments to the Palestinian Authority.

Fayyad will speak to task force, despite split

Published on October 17, 2011

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is still scheduled to address the American Task Force on Palestine even though the PLO has cut off the group for not backing its statehood push.

Cash-strapped Palestinians cut pay in half for September

Published on September 6, 2011

The Palestinian Authority will pay only half wages this month, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Tuesday, the second time in three months it has taken such a step because of a financial crisis it blames on donors failing to provide promised funds.

Hamas rejects Fayyad nomination for prime minister

Published on June 12, 2011

The Hamas-Fatah reconciliation appeared to be in jeopardy after Hamas rejected Fatah's nominee for prime minister, Salam Fayyad.

PA Cabinet dissolved, Fayyad to form new government

Published on February 14, 2011

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad dissolved his Cabinet and will form a new government.

P.A’.s Fayyad shuns ban, attends Jerusalem dedication

Published on November 2, 2010

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad attended dedication ceremonies for a school in eastern Jerusalem, despite an Israeli ban.

Meeting again with Jewish leaders, Abbas broaches substance

Published on September 22, 2010

For Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. Jewish leaders, their second date featured a little more substance and a little less flirtation. And this time the Palestinian Authority president brought a wing man.

Katsav to be Indicted, P.A. Prime Minister Resigns

Published on March 11, 2009

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav will be indicted on sexual offense charges, the attorney general announced.

Menachem Mazuz said Sunday that Katsav will be indicted on rape and indecent assault charges involving several women who worked closely with him when he served as tourism minister and president. He also will be charged with obstruction of justice.